GILBERT v. CANTER

No. 860.

500 S.W.2d 557 (1973)

James W. GILBERT, as Representative of the Estate of Hettie Gilbert, Deceased, Appellant, v. Charles R. CANTER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. John Leger, Stovall & Wilhite, Houston, for appellant.

Blake Tartt, Russell L. Cook, Jr., John F. Nichols, Fulbright, Crooker & Jaworski, Houston, for appellee.


CURTISS BROWN, Justice.

This is an automobile collision case. It was submitted to the jury on special issues, and a take-nothing judgment was rendered against the plaintiff estate on the verdict. The jury found that the defendant/appellee (Canter) failed to keep a proper lookout, that he was driving at a rate of speed greater than a person using ordinary care would have driven, and that each of these acts or omissions was...

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